PROBLEM SET :
Write your complete solution in short/A4 bondpaper. Answer only 10
from the problems below. Additional points will be credited to your
QUIZ if you have exceeded 10 correct answers.
1. A 20m long W200 X 100 is suspended from one end. If the
modulus of elasticity is 200,000 Mpa, determine the following.
a. What is the maximum tensile stress?
b. What is the maximum normal strain?
2. During a tensile test of a specimen of unknown material, an
increase in length of 0.173mm within the gage length was recorded
at a load of 22KN. The specimen diameter was 12.5mm and the
gage length was 203mm. (The gage length is the distance between
two marks placed along the length of the specimen.)
a. Based on this one data point, what is the modulus of elasticity?
b. If the maximum load reached before fracture was 65.38 KN, what
is the ultimate tensile stress?
3. A column is subjected to the following loads: dead load = 26 kips,
occupancy live load = 15 kips, roof live load = 5 kips, and wind load
= 8 kips. All loads are compression except for the wind load, which
can be either tension or compression.
a. If load and resistance factor design is used, determine the
factored load (required strength) to be used in the design of the
column. Which AISC load combination controls?
b. What is the required design strength of the column?
c. What is the required nominal strength of the column for a
resistance factor f of 0.90?
d. If allowable strength design is used, determine the required load
capacity (required strength) to be used in the design of the column.
Which AISC load combination controls?
e. What is the required nominal strength of the column for a safety
factor Ω of 1.67?
4. Determine the nominal tensile strength based on the effective net
area. Area = 4710mm2.
2 L127 x 127 x
9.5
130
mm
75m
m
20mm dia. bolt
5. A single angle tension member is to support a total tensile load of
312 KN. The member has a length of 2.7m and is to be connected to
one leg only with a 22mm bolt at least three in a line. Assume that
only one bolt is to be located at any one cross-section. Use A 36
steel Fy=248 MPa. Fu=400 MPa. Use reduction coefficient U=0.85.
Assume hole diameter = 25mm. Design an angular section to carry
the tension load.
Angular Section Area , mm2 Minimum Radius of Gyration,
mm
150 x 150 x8 mm 2354.83 30.48
150 x 87.5 x 9.5 2206.45 19.48
mm
100 x 75 x 12.5 mm 2096.77 16.23
100 x 100 x 11 mm 2135.48 19.94
100 x 87.5 x 12.5 2258.06 18.34
mm
6. A L75mm x 75mm x 6mm angular section is welded to a gusset
plate 8 mm thick as shown in the figure. The length L1 equals to 125
mm and L2 is 65 mm. The angular section has a cross sectional area
of 929 mm2 .
Allowable tensile stress(gross area) = 0.60 Fy
Allowable tensile stress(net area) = 0.5 Fu
Allowable shear stress(net area) = 0.3 Fu
a. Calculate the tensile force based on gross area
b. Calculate the tensile force based on net area (U=0.85)
c. Calculate the tensile force based on the block shear on gusset
plate
7. Compute the net are of the 150 x 100 x 12 angular section with
22.6 diameter hole. Area of the angular section is 3064 mm2 .
8. The tension member is a PL3 ⁄8 × 51 ⁄2 of A242 steel. It is
connected to a 3⁄8-in. thick gusset plate, also of A242 steel, with
3 ⁄4-inch diameter bolts as shown in Figure P3.5-1. Determine the
nominal block shear strength of the tension member. (Search for the
Fy and Fu of A242 steel)
9. The tension member shown in Figure is an L152 x 89 x 7.9 . The
bolts are 20mm in diameter. If A36 steel is used, is the member
adequate for a service dead load of 215 KN and a service live load
of 150 KN? (Convert the spacing into SI units in the nearest whole
number )
a. Use LRFD.
b. Use ASD
10. Determine whether the compression member shown in Figure is
adequate to support the given service loads.
L= 6m
A992 Steel
DL = 3000 KN
LL = 500 KN
W310x117 Properties :
A = 15000 mm2
Ix = 276 x 103 mm4
Iy = 89.9 x 103 mm4
11. An HSS10 × 8 × 3 ⁄16 is used as a compression member with
one end pinned and the other end fixed against rotation but free to
translate. The length is 12 feet. Compute the nominal compressive
strength for A500 Grade B steel (Fy = 46 ksi). (Note that this is a
slender-element compression member)
12. An HSS 10 × 6 × 5 ⁄16 (see AISC data base for the properties)
with Fy = 46 ksi is used as a column. The length is 16 feet. Both
ends are pinned, and there is support against weak axis buckling at
a point 6 feet from the top. Determine
a. the design strength for LRFD.
b. the allowable stress for ASD.
13. A compression member is subjected to service loads of 600 KN
dead load and 1000 KN live load. The member is 4.5m long and
pinned at each end. Use A992 steel and select a W14 shape.